Fast Forward To March
Shortly after HTC announced the One M9, which also features the Snapdragon 810, a report surfaced showing the device getting extremely hot after running a few benchmarks.
It's not unusual for things to heat up after running such intensive benchmarks, but the One M9 tested hit 55.9 degrees celsius. That was nearly 20 degrees higher than the previous generation HTC One M8.
That may have appeared to be the nail in the coffin for Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810, but it seems to have been fixed with a simple software update. According to an XDA Forums member by the username herwegan, an OTA update fixed the overheating problem. The same site that initially published the report later re-did the benchmarking tests, and found the temperature to be at a much more respectable 41.7 degrees celsius.
Aiding those updated benchmark results, in our own review of the HTC One M9, heat was not a concern. With the HTC One M9 currently making its way to consumers, we'll be able to keep an eye on how well the latest flagship stays cool in all different environments.
The Verdict
It's well documented at this point that there were some early production problems. What exactly those production problems were we may never know. Mistakes happen, and it cost Qualcomm some bad publicity, and a major customer, at least for the time being. LG also appears to still have a bad taste in its mouth after a reported benchmark of the upcoming LG G4 surfaced. Featuring a familiar 2K display, one spec that stood out was the Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 inside.
Unliked the Snapdragon 810, it's a hexa-core processor, running a quad-core Cortex A53, and dual-core Cortex A57. For LG to not go with Qualcomm's latest and greatest suggests there still could be some glaring issues with the Snapdragon 810. It could also bring us back to the early production delays. LG could very well be on the same page as Samsung, and simply work with something else to avoid not having enough of its latest flagship smartphone in the hands of consumers.
If you own the LG G Flex 2, HTC One M9 or another device running the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, we'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
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